Customers who want a website designed usually put down a deposit of 50%. At this point half of your commission is applied and credited to your account. When a sale is completed (when the website is built, the other 50% is paid) we will credit the other half of your commission to your account.
A typical website takes 3 weeks to build. If you refer a sale and make a commission, the first 50% of your commission will be visible in your account immediately. The other 50% of your commission will be visible when the site is finished being built. Typically if you receive monthly commission payments, you will receive payment for the second half of the commission the month after the first half. Commissions are not paid until the money has been received first by our accounting department.
There are a few exceptions to this rule. Some sales such as domain names and web hosting are paid for outright and you the full commission will show in your account immediately. Custom websites and quoted websites work differently again and the deposit required is less than 50%. You are paid commission as the payments are received. In some cases, commission will not appear in your account until the whole website is completed. For custom websites this is typically 5 or 6 weeks.